rytoast25
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its closing!!!!!!why!!!!!!!!????????
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what_the_heck013
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Because... it's touring... which isn't a reason for it to close, but nevertheless. Plus Company is opening. You can't have two similar shows on Broadway.
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MsDivaKate
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I'm disappointed its closing so soon too. However there are quite a few revivals opening: A Chorus Line, Company (as mentioned) 110 In The Shade...
Its all about the turnover. They need to make room for new things-be it original shows or revivals. Rather then scrap it all together, they're sending it off on tour.
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Pounce
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| what_the_heck013 wrote: | | Because... it's touring... which isn't a reason for it to close, but nevertheless. Plus Company is opening. You can't have two similar shows on Broadway. |
Company is similar to Sweeney Todd?
As for Sweeney Todd closing, I guess either it finished a limited run or ticket sales fell below a certain break-even point.
I know most people on this board embrace musical theater as an art but it is in fact a business. Unless some level of government creates an Endowment for Musical Theater, we can expect the box office to decide what shows continue to run.
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what_the_heck013
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| Pounce wrote: | | Company is similar to Sweeney Todd? |
Well, they're both Sondheim shows (which doesn't matter), they're both directed by John Doyle, and they both are staged similarly having the actors function as an orchestra.
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cabaretfreak
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I also noticed it was not doing that hot in the ticket deparment. I gotta stand in line to get tickets, from Times Square, the second weekend I'm there!
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